Subj : Re: Merging files...
To   : Steve
From : Martin Whittaker
Date : Thu Dec 06 2001 06:50 pm

From: "Martin Whittaker" <mwhittaker@kc.rr.com>


Creating empty files...

DOS:

REM>Bigfile.Bin

4DOS:

>Bigfile.Bin


"E. S. (Steve) Fabian" <ESFabian@BellAtlantic.net> wrote in message 
news:3C0F7F83.7B4C6ED6@BellAtlantic.net...
> Laurent Jumet wrote:
> >
> >     So, this MERGE.BTM works on my system, and on yours too:
> >
> > ECHOS > bigfile.bin
> > DIR /B *.bin | FOR %i IN (@CON) DO copy /B bigfile.bin+%i
>
>
> >bigfile.bin
> DIR /B *.bin | FOR %i IN (@CON) DO copy /B bigfile.bin+%i
>
> You do not ned the "echos" before the redirection sign to create an
> empty file...
> You could also create it with
>
> TOUCH /C BIGFILE.BIN
>
> but that would not delete any leftover contents
> --
> E. S. "Steve" Fabian               ESFabian@BellAtlantic.net
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